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Originally Posted by Sime™
However, other Australian laws do incidentally restrict the use that can be made of photographs of people and their property.
For this reason, it is recommended that all photographers use a written release when photographing individuals or private property in order to prevent any infringement of the peoples' rights.
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I am aware of the
very few uses that you can't put the photos to without a model release and the recommendation is only so that those restrictions are not an issue.
I could publish a 500 page book of street photography and the ONLY model release I would need is for the people on the cover because that would be used to advertise the book etc.
You can copy and paste that text it appears right way up, I have bolded what you may have misunderstood:
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Complications arise if your photographs are used for a “commercial purpose” and you don’t have consent from the persons in the photograph. “Commercial purpose” involves using the photograph to sell something other than the photograph itself.
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It is exactly as I said, I can photograph, enlarge, bind, frame and sell a photo of you or anyone else. That is the definition of 'publish' isn't it? At least it was when I went to school....
If there is no commercial gain/purpose, like publishing the photo on my web site, then it falls outside the restriction as well.